Surface Roughness, Texture, and Tribology Short Course

The annual Surface Roughness, Texture, and Tribology short course offers a unique opportunity to learn the fundamentals of surface roughness and tribology and how they relate to friction, wear, noise, sealing, and appearance in manufacturing and product development.

The two-day course topics include:

• Measuring surface texture
• Filtering texture data into roughness and waviness
• Analysis techniques and tools
• Surface texture parameters
• Specifying surface texture
• Applying texture analysis to wear, vibration, and other functions
• Coating adhesion and appearance
• Noise, vibration, and harshness (friction-induced vibration)
• Dry friction and rolling friction
• Fundamentals of lubrication
• Surface metrology strategy